Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) personnel moving down the gangway to the waiting landing ...

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Accession Number 091471
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Date made 7 May 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) personnel moving down the gangway to the waiting landing barges during disembarkation from the MV Duntroon. The Duntroon carried a group of 342 AWAS from Australia to Lae who are going to the AWAS barracks at Butibum Road. Identified personnel are: (left to right) Private L L Gospel; Pte J I Peters; Pte M K Cameron; Pte B C Moat; unknown (partially obscured); Pte D Bannister; Pte M J Chalkley; Pte D H Robson.